Ray Lonsdale (b.1965) – IMS Photography https://ims.photography Ian Malpass-Scott Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:57:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 “Then Gone” https://ims.photography/2025/09/22/then-gone/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:06:27 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=4612 “Then Gone” by Ray Lonsdale in Seaham, Co. Durham

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, Tyne & Wear
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2024

Image Details
Date: 22 September 2025
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/31s
ISO: 400
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> “Then Gone” https://ims.photography/2025/09/22/then-gone-2/ Mon, 22 Sep 2025 18:06:27 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=4615 “Then Gone” by Ray Lonsdale in Seaham, Co. Durham

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, Tyne & Wear
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2024

Image Details
Date: 22 September 2025
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/31s
ISO: 400
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> The Herring Girl (detail) https://ims.photography/2023/09/26/the-herring-girl-detail/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:43:00 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=2983 The sculpture shows two barrels, with a herring girl seated on one (which would have been filled with herring), holding herring in each hand. She represents the women who followed the route of the herring from northern Scotland south along the east coast of England. They would gut and salt the fish as they were they were landed. Her knitting on the needles, sits on top of one of the barrels. The work commemorates the important role of women in the fishing industry from the eighteenth century to 1960s.

Text from Art UK

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: Bell Street, North Shields, Tyne & Wear
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2023

Image Details
Date: 26 September 2023
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/2,915s
ISO: 25
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> Fiddler’s Green https://ims.photography/2021/03/06/fiddlers-green-9/ Sat, 06 Mar 2021 19:22:00 +0000 https://ims.photography/?p=7303 Fiddler’s Green is a 10ft 6ins memorial created by sculptor Ray Lonsdale to honour fishermen who were killed doing their job after leaving the port. It is located at Clifford’s Fort, North Shields

A lone fisherman sitting on a mooring bollard, reflecting in thought. The design was adopted from a photograph taken on North Shields Fish Quay in the late 1950s by local photographer Harry Hann.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: North Shields, Tyne & Wear
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2017

Image Details
Date: 6 March 2021
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 70mm
Aperture: ƒ/4
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 220
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> Tommy https://ims.photography/2020/09/17/tommy/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:22:00 +0000 https://ims.photography/?p=6513 Statue of “Tommy” by Ray Lonsdale, Seaham, England

From Wikipedia:

Tommy is a statue of a First World War soldier by artist Ray Lonsdale, displayed close to Seaham war memorial, on Terrace Green by the seafront in Seaham, County Durham, in North East England.

The corten steel statue weighs 1.2 tonnes (1.2 long tons; 1.3 short tons) and is 9 feet 5 inches (2.87 m) tall, with a rusty red patina. It depicts a First World War soldier, wearing boots, puttees, greatcoat and tin hat, sitting on an ammunition box, with downcast eyes, holding the barrel of his grounded rifle in his right hand. It is officially named 1101 (or Eleven-O-One), referring to the first minute of peace as the armistice came into force at 11am on 11 November 1918, but is more popularly known as Tommy, referring to the archetype private soldier Tommy Atkins.

It was displayed temporarily in Seaham from May 2014, but became a permanent fixture after a committee of local residents raised £102,000 needed to buy it. The price was handed over on 4 August 2014, the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The statue was relocated onto a paved platform in 2015, under which was buried a time capsule containing donated items, including a letter from Ray Lonsdale, a T-shirt, children’s artworks, war remembrances, and a Victory Medal.

The word Tommy can also refer to any other statue representing a First World War soldier, usually made of bronze, steel or concrete.

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: Seaham, Co. Durham
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2024

Image Details
Date: 17 September 2020
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 20mm
Aperture: ƒ/5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,250s
ISO: 200
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> Tommy https://ims.photography/2020/09/17/tommy-2/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:22:00 +0000 https://ims.photography/?p=6516 Statue of “Tommy” by Ray Lonsdale, Seaham, England

From Wikipedia:

Tommy is a statue of a First World War soldier by artist Ray Lonsdale, displayed close to Seaham war memorial, on Terrace Green by the seafront in Seaham, County Durham, in North East England.

The corten steel statue weighs 1.2 tonnes (1.2 long tons; 1.3 short tons) and is 9 feet 5 inches (2.87 m) tall, with a rusty red patina. It depicts a First World War soldier, wearing boots, puttees, greatcoat and tin hat, sitting on an ammunition box, with downcast eyes, holding the barrel of his grounded rifle in his right hand. It is officially named 1101 (or Eleven-O-One), referring to the first minute of peace as the armistice came into force at 11am on 11 November 1918, but is more popularly known as Tommy, referring to the archetype private soldier Tommy Atkins.

It was displayed temporarily in Seaham from May 2014, but became a permanent fixture after a committee of local residents raised £102,000 needed to buy it. The price was handed over on 4 August 2014, the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The statue was relocated onto a paved platform in 2015, under which was buried a time capsule containing donated items, including a letter from Ray Lonsdale, a T-shirt, children’s artworks, war remembrances, and a Victory Medal.

The word Tommy can also refer to any other statue representing a First World War soldier, usually made of bronze, steel or concrete.

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: Seaham, Co. Durham
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2024

Image Details
Date: 17 September 2020
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 200
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> Tommy (detail) https://ims.photography/2020/09/17/tommy-detail/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 18:22:00 +0000 https://ims.photography/?p=6519 Statue of “Tommy” by Ray Lonsdale, Seaham, England

From Wikipedia:

Tommy is a statue of a First World War soldier by artist Ray Lonsdale, displayed close to Seaham war memorial, on Terrace Green by the seafront in Seaham, County Durham, in North East England.

The corten steel statue weighs 1.2 tonnes (1.2 long tons; 1.3 short tons) and is 9 feet 5 inches (2.87 m) tall, with a rusty red patina. It depicts a First World War soldier, wearing boots, puttees, greatcoat and tin hat, sitting on an ammunition box, with downcast eyes, holding the barrel of his grounded rifle in his right hand. It is officially named 1101 (or Eleven-O-One), referring to the first minute of peace as the armistice came into force at 11am on 11 November 1918, but is more popularly known as Tommy, referring to the archetype private soldier Tommy Atkins.

It was displayed temporarily in Seaham from May 2014, but became a permanent fixture after a committee of local residents raised £102,000 needed to buy it. The price was handed over on 4 August 2014, the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The statue was relocated onto a paved platform in 2015, under which was buried a time capsule containing donated items, including a letter from Ray Lonsdale, a T-shirt, children’s artworks, war remembrances, and a Victory Medal.

The word Tommy can also refer to any other statue representing a First World War soldier, usually made of bronze, steel or concrete.

Object description
Type: Sculpture
Location: Seaham, Co. Durham
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2024

Image Details
Date: 17 September 2020
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 55mm
Aperture: ƒ/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 360
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> Fiddler’s Green https://ims.photography/2019/12/01/fiddlers-green-8/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:22:00 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=6066 Fiddler’s Green is a 10ft 6ins memorial created by sculptor Ray Lonsdale to honour fishermen who were killed doing their job after leaving the port. It is located at Clifford’s Fort, North Shields

A lone fisherman sitting on a mooring bollard, reflecting in thought. The design was adopted from a photograph taken on North Shields Fish Quay in the late 1950s by local photographer Harry Hann.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: North Shields, Tyne & Wear
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2017

Image Details
Date: 1 December 2019
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 18mm
Aperture: ƒ/4
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> Fiddler’s Green https://ims.photography/2018/12/26/fiddlers-green-7/ Wed, 26 Dec 2018 19:22:00 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=5334 Fiddler’s Green is a 10ft 6ins memorial created by sculptor Ray Lonsdale to honour fishermen who were killed doing their job after leaving the port. It is located at Clifford’s Fort, North Shields

A lone fisherman sitting on a mooring bollard, reflecting in thought. The design was adopted from a photograph taken on North Shields Fish Quay in the late 1950s by local photographer Harry Hann.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: North Shields, Tyne & Wear
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2017

Image Details
Date: 26 December 2018
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal Length: 70mm
Aperture: ƒ/4
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 360
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> Fiddler’s Green https://ims.photography/2018/03/05/fiddlers-green-5/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:22:00 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=4804 Fiddler’s Green is a 10ft 6ins memorial created by sculptor Ray Lonsdale to honour fishermen who were killed doing their job after leaving the port. It is located at Clifford’s Fort, North Shields

A lone fisherman sitting on a mooring bollard, reflecting in thought. The design was adopted from a photograph taken on North Shields Fish Quay in the late 1950s by local photographer Harry Hann.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: North Shields, Tyne & Wear
Material: Steel
Artist: Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)
Date: 2017

Image Details
Date: 5 March 2018
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: ƒ/10
Shutter Speed: 1/250s
ISO: 280
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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